Glen Canyon Dam forms Lake Powell, the huge Colorado River reservoir ... tornado's devastating aftermath in Texas Before and after maps show Western U.S. emerging from drought Three scenarios ...

Their probable goal: To pack the tanker truck with explosives and blowup Glen Canyon Dam. Back then, the idea of draining Lake Powell was fringe, attractive to anti-government extremists and ...

The federal government has started monthly adjustments to reduce the amount of water released from Lake Powell to keep the reservoir deep enough for power production from Glen Canyon Dam.

In response, a coalition of environmental groups in Nevada and Utah are sounding the alarm about a problem at Glen Canyon Dam, which creates Lake Powell. They say in order to meet such a seismic ...

They revealed that Lake Powell’s water level is projected to dip below a key elevation level — 3,490 feet of water — as early as this spring. Below that point, the Glen Canyon Dam can’t ...

Lone Rock is reflected in muddy waters at Wahweap Bay in Lake ... eroded the Grand Canyon. Today the river runs vodka clear from the base of the dam. A map showing how Lake Powell has shrunk ...

Federal water managers will repair a set of little-used pipes within Glen Canyon Dam after ... means of passing water from Lake Powell to the other side of the dam. The pipes are only capable ...

If Lake Powell continues to shrink, they may be the only way to get water out of it and into the Colorado River. "In nearly 60 years of operation at Glen Canyon Dam, we didn't need to address the ...

LAKE POWELL, Ariz. — The water levels at Lake Powell have dropped so low that the turbines at the Glen Canyon Dam hydroelectric plant could stop functioning. And even after an above-average snow ...

Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell ... of damaged plumbing within the dam that holds it back. The damage is to Glen Canyon Dam’s “river outlet ...

Lake Powell is an important water source for Colorado River states, and Glen Canyon Dam produces enough electricity to power nearly half a million U.S. households, according to the Grand Canyon Trust.